Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Every entrepreneur needs a professional business plan for their own use, whether they intend to seek investor funding or not.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

in Physics who talks passionately about starting a business producing nuclear powered batteries. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business. His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Target measurements allow you to assess your business progress.

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Elevator Pitch Cofounder Dividend Leadership 315

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Your friends and family are really the only answer until you have a significant revenue stream. Here are some key action items that will give you some priority: Create an investment-grade business plan. Be ready with a killer executive summary , investor presentation , and financial model. Line up a winning team.

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Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Every entrepreneur needs a professional business plan for their own use, whether they intend to seek investor funding or not.

Angel Investor 224

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

Your target market. Don’t say that everyone in the world is potentially your target market , even if it could be true one day. Be realistic about who you’re building your product for and break out your market into TAM, SAM, and SOM. Your revenue or business model. How will you make money ?

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Angel Investor 164

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This is your elevator pitch hook, which you must be able to deliver in 30 seconds. The market scope for your solution should be quantified in non-technical terms, with data sourced from professionals in the industry, rather than your own opinion. Provide details on the business model and cash flow.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

Working out a business plan for your daycare center can be a challenge. Projected enrollment growth and market demand can also be tricky to estimate. As someone who owns eight successful daycares in the Chicago area, I know the strategies and approaches that work when it comes to developing a sound business plan for a daycare center.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Be sure to include this in your “elevator pitch,” which you must always deliver as a prelude to your technology features. Description of the business entity you plan to form. The most common business entity used for startups is a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), which is the cheapest and simplest to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2014

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. These must remain focused on scaling the business.

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Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 285

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2018

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. These must remain focused on scaling the business.

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Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 139

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Business model.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a good “elevator pitch” which succinctly describes the idea, the customer value proposition, and business profit. Remember you can’t sustain a business or social cause with no revenue or profit. Validate your business model on real customers.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Believe me, it will help you deliver a more compelling and thoughtful pitch. Outline your business model. Your business model tells an investor how your idea will (or does) convert into being economically viable. and Canadian markets. Your business model should answer the questions: What do you sell?

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Sweat Equity Churn Rate Elevator Pitch Forecast 122

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. Market size and growth opportunity. Investors are looking for a large and growing market. Business model.

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Business Plan Elevator Pitch Viral Lead Generation 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2016

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. These must remain focused on scaling the business.

Elevator Pitch 120

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

Every startup needs a simple elevator pitch, quantifying the value of its journey, that can be communicated in less than a minute to new team members, potential investors and customers. Even non-profits require money to operate, so every startup needs a business model with plans to bring in income.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

An alternative approach, which I prefer, is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Every entrepreneur needs a professional business plan for their own use, whether they intend to seek investor funding or not.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. Market size and growth opportunity. Investors are looking for a large and growing market. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 226

Elevator Pitch Viral Lead Generation Metrics 226

Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

If your answers starts with, “We have multiple revenue streams…” that’s a bad thing. What I really hear is, “ We have no idea what the most significant revenue driver will be. “ Is this a big enough market to support a venture funded business?

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Technical Review Startup Texas Email 69

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Every entrepreneur needs a professional business plan for their own use, whether they intend to seek investor funding or not.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2013

Q: I only have 3 minutes to give the first pitch – what should I concentrate on? A: Just focus on the market need, your business model, your team, what you’ve accomplished to date that is relevant to the investment, and your funding needs. Q: Is a pitch similar to a case statement?

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Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Term Sheet Business Model 79

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. Market size and growth opportunity. Investors are looking for a large and growing market. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 138

Elevator Pitch Viral Lead Generation Business Plan 138

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 267

Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My objective to each and every one of you is that you will get information that you’ll be able to incorporate into your business model, as soon as this presentation is done. The way that I define PR, basically, is that it’s raising your visibility to your awareness, to your target market, in a unique and differentiating manner.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

This could accelerate a new rally in the domestic market, so we are also becoming more aggressive here. Today it’s hard to see that, and we also felt that way after 9/11, but since then the markets in the U.S. credit rating forecast dropped in November, and since then the S&P 500 index has jumped by 15%. have quadrupled.”

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

In order to determine your course of action and overall business strategy (financial, marketing etc.), it’s wise to create and implement some kind of business plan with a lean canvas approach as your guide. Traditional models can, however, be time-consuming and fail to appeal to those required to absorb said information.

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Lean Elevator Pitch Startup Business Plan 88

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

The ideas that I am talking about here are game-changing, have vast potential and addressable market, and can create a buzz in the industry—if and when they see the light of the day. Before you create your pitch, set your trajectory for growth. Survival : generating enough cash flow to stay in business. Market research.

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Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but they are clearly moving away from early-stage (pre-revenue) deals. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Create an investment-grade business plan.

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Venture Capital Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Massachusetts 123

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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